charity

1[countable]an organization for helping people in needMany charities sent money to help the victims of the famine.The concert will raise money for local charities.

2[uncountable]the aim of giving money, food, help, etc. to people who are in needMany of the runners in the Boston Marathon are raising money for charity.Do you give much to charity?a charity concert (= organized to get money for charity)to live on/off charity(= to live on money which other people give you because you are poor)

3[uncountable](formal)kindness and sympathy toward other people, especially when you are judging themHer article showed no charity toward her former friends.